NORADUSNORTHCOM ISSUES

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NORAD-USNORTHCOM ISSUES
Worldwide Joint Training and Scheduling
Conference 2006-1 NORAD-USNORTHCOM J7 28
March 2006
Mr. Gene Pino, SES Director, Joint Training and
Exercise Directorate
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National Exercise Program Synchronization

• Topic Synchronization of National Exercises
  between DoD and interagency partners
• Status Current interagency participation as
  achievable, department to department. There is no
  required participation stipulation.
• Issues (1) Current National Exercise definition
  in NEP too broad
• (2) Scope of exercises. Complexity,
  participation, and length (hours/days) is
  currently restricted by resource availability
  and, as such, reality is sacrificed
• (3) Lack of predictability and stability. Dates
  for exercises (already within next two years) can
  be changed unilaterally making advance planning
  for resources/forces very problematic
• (4) Emphasize building block approach
• Actions to Resolve Issue (Current/Planned)
• (1) Recommend that HSC lead on designation of
  National Exercises when full federal
  participation is expected
• (2) Re-categorize National Exercise Program into
  five categories
• (3) Expand the scope (duration) to permit
  achievement of exercise objectives
• (4) Develop a risk-based exercise plan,
  challenge participant at all levels

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ISSUE - Exercise Synchronization

• Establish an exercise program that provides
  national leaders with the opportunity to
  periodically train and exercise the federal
  interagency together on incident management tasks
• Improve DoD/federal interagency synchronization
  of exercises by fully supporting the Katrina
  Lessons Learned National Exercise and Evaluation
  Program (NEEP) to facilitate more realistic
  interagency exercises and improve US national
  response to crises

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BACKGROUND DISCUSSION Exercise
Synchronization

• Need to prepare adequately for a major terrorism
  attack or major catastrophic natural disaster
• DoD themes exceed incident response
• GWOT, Homeland Defense, Defense Support of Civil
  Authorities, COCOM Seams, Strategic
  Communications, Intel Sharing, Info Assurance,
  Counter-Proliferation,
• Current National Exercise Program (NEP) provides
  a scheduling service
• National Exercise definition too broad
• No designated NATIONAL EXERCISE, only NEP
  events such as Ardent Sentry, Vigilant Shield,
  TOPOFF

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IMPACT - Exercise Synchronization

• Stability and predictability lacking within NEP
  exercises conducted at the national level
  without scheduling stability, committing to
  participation is problematic for most
• Central to NORAD-USNORTHCOM exercises is the
  employment/deployment of forces, either full
  units or simulation players from those units
• Because DoD supports ESFs and most annexes/plans
  in the NRP, interagency participation is critical
• Exercise resources are inconsistent across the
  interagency, particularly funding must account
  for federal national and regional participation

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WAY AHEAD - Exercise Synchronization

• Mandate a minimum 3-year schedule for strategic
  national levels identify the broad national
  exercise objectives for each
• Link exercises based on the fixed schedule and
  exercise objectives
• Require full participation of all federal
  government departments and agencies, nationally
  and regionally (requires Homeland Security
  Council invitations/announcement)
• Expand the scope of exercises
• A 2-3 day exercise barely allows for an exchange
  of phone numbers
• 5 day exercise minimum is more preferred, based
  on exercise objectives
• Train as you fight, fight as you train
• 24/7 multiple shifts
• Execute prepared plans
• Fund the national exercises (2-3 per year)
  separately so that support to the exercise
  supports the objectives
• Challenge all participants, at all levels,
  without exclusion

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CJCS Joint Exercise Program (OM)

• Topic CJCS Joint Exercise Program Funding,
  FY03-FY06
• Status

• Issue(s)
• Inadequate funding levels to cover all
  NORAD-USNORTHCOM exercise requirements to fully
  support command training
• Merger of N-J38 and NC-J7 in FY04 increased
  command exercise program, requiring increased
  funding
• POM reflected merger, however, actual funding
  levels remained consistent

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CJCS Joint Exercise Program (OM)

• Impact
• Cancellation of Amalgam Warrior (Phantom) four
  out of five years
• Reduced Amalgam Chief (Arrow) from 24 annually
  to 12
• Scaled down size of National Level Homeland
  Defense Exercises, resulting in a decreased
  training capability for command personnel and
  Interagency partners
• Actions to Resolve Issue (Current/Planned)
• Request to the JS/J7 that the entire CJCS JEP
  budget (OM/Transportation) be centrally managed
  by the JS/J7
• Continue to engage Air Staff/Joint Staff,
  stressing impacts of funding shortfalls on HQ
  NORAD-USNORTHCOM missions of Homeland Defense and
  Defense Support of Civil Authorities

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Interagency Response/Simulation Capability

• Topic Interagency Response/Simulation
  Capability
• Status Partial use during Ardent Sentry 06
• Issue(s) Limited Interagency (Federal, State
  and local) exercise participation adversely
  affects exercise design and ability to meet
  exercise objectives
• Difficulty in gaining Federal Interagency and
  State involvement
• When participating, Federal, State and local
  play typically limited to 1-3 days
• Impact
• Results in abbreviated exercise and unmet
  exercise objectives
• Hinders ability to deploy and fully exercise
  JTF and JFO
• Actions to Resolve Issue (Current/Planned)
• Standardize and use Federal Response Simulation
  Cell, State Simulation Cell and/or Simulated JFO
  for exercises

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Training Capability Analysis of Alternatives (TC
AoA) Alternative 5

• Topic Training Capability Analysis of
  Alternatives, Alternative 5
• Status No additional support via TC AoA Alt 5
  provided to the COCOMs to date
• COCOM Council of Colonels (COC) unanimous on TC
  AoA Alt 5 to provide additional contracted
  support (2-3 individuals) to each COCOM, except
  JFCOM
• JS J7 would fund and provide oversight of
  additional support to the COCOMs to meet its
  joint training requirements
• COA was briefed subsequently at the JFCOM
  sponsored Two Star COCOM Training Conference (Feb
  05) and there were no objections
• COC unanimous again and COA was briefed and
  approved by T2 SAG in Oct 05
• NCs Top 5 joint training requirements per the 35
  gaps and seams identified are CDRs staff
  training, JIACG training, HLD training, program
  management, and training the forces in MACA
  operations
• Issue (s) COCOMs identified a requirement,
  agreed upon a COA and yet no action has been
  taken to resolve
• Impact NORTHCOM continues to lack the
  additional support to adequately meet its joint
  training requirements
• Action to Resolve JS J7 use TC AoA Alt 5 to
  support the CoCom requirements

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Universal Joint Learning Management System (UJLMS)

• Topic The use of multiple Learning Management
  Systems
• Status Currently multiple LMSs are being used
  across the Joint Community. Each of these LMSs
  have different requirements dealing with learner
  profiles, competency tracking and training record
  management.
• Issue No Joint Standard(s) exists for the
  identification of requirements dealing with data
  needed for a consistent, interoperable tracking
  of learner profiles, competencies or training
  records. It will take time to develop the
  solution to this Joint problem needed for a
  coherent Global Knowledge Distribution
  environment.
• Impact The use of multiple LMSs inhibits the
  ability to integrate training and personnel
  records and adds unnecessary complexity to
  integration with JTS and DRRS.
• Actions to Resolve Issue (Current/Planned)
• Make JKDDC funds available to support a single
  use of Universal Joint LMS
• Funds to manage a multi-COCOM LMS using the N-NC
  Commercial-Off-The-Shelf LMS as test-bed.
• Develop standards to address ontology, taxonomy,
  metadata, personnel tracking, security methods,
  interoperable learner profiles, and competency
  and training records for Joint community

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Funding Requirements for COCOM Staff Training

• Topic Requirement for immediate assistance in
  obtaining sufficient resources
• Status The e-learning content produced by
  JKDDC, to this point, has been conventional
  web-based instructional courseware. The Service
  knowledge portals have produced lots of content
  that are labeled as knowledge objects, but the
  content is not yet systematically packaged to
  allow for reuse."
• Issue Some COCOMs have Joint ADL programs that
  are largely unfunded
• Impact COCOM Staffs are not fully trained to
  meet their joint mission needs
• Actions to Resolve Issue (Current/Planned)
• Recommend joint training shortfalls be identified
  as urgent readiness need
• T2 funds for JKDDC be increased by 10M per year
  to address COCOM joint knowledge development and
  distribution requirements
• Move from Industrial age production of courseware
  to much more rapid techniques involving real
  world mission planning, analysis and rehearsal
• Focus on rapid development of a common set of
  joint tools, standards and specifications to
  provide immediate support to joint warfighter
  needs

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